2026 MARKET TRENDS

Personal Insurance

Executive Summary

The personal insurance landscape continues to evolve, shaped by climate volatility, rising loss severity, regulatory shifts and changing carrier strategies. As insurers recalibrate appetite, refine underwriting models and respond to emerging risks, households across the market — from standard placements to more complex property and lifestyle exposures — are navigating an environment that requires stronger preparation, clearer documentation and more deliberate risk management. While certain regions and coverage areas remain under pressure, opportunities continue to emerge for well-maintained properties and households that demonstrate proactive mitigation and thoughtful engagement.

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PERSONAL INSURANCE

Market Conditions

Regulatory Trends & Impacts

Recent developments are influencing how insurers design products, deploy capacity and apply underwriting standards.

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Reinsurance

Discover the conditions that are leading to improved stability at the reinsurance level and contributing to a healthier insurance market, especially in property.

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Catastrophic Events & Claims Trends

Catastrophe activity remains elevated nationwide, sustaining pressure on underwriting, pricing and available capacity.

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Risk Mitigation

With underwriting considerations tightening across many regions, mitigation has become a primary factor in securing and maintaining quality homeowners coverage.

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PERSONAL INSURANCE

Lines of Coverage

Home & Property

While conditions are moderating in homeowner coverage, outcomes remain highly dependent on region and risk profile.

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Personal Auto Insurance

Pricing pressure has eased compared to prior years, yet severity inflation keeps the environment firm.

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Umbrella & Excess Liability

The umbrella insurance market remains firm heading into 2026 as several factors continue to drive costs.

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Family Office & Ultra-High-Net-Worth

Market conditions in 2026 are expected to mirror many of the challenges seen in 2025, with continued stress in several areas.

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Boats & Luxury Yachts

See how market capacity expansion is impacting carriers and underwriting guidelines.

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Personal Aviation

Proactive planning, strong pilot qualifications and informed aircraft choices can meaningfully improve insurability.

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Fine Art Collections

The insurance market for private fine art collections remains fairly stable, though certain factors are driving more nuanced underwriting and risk-management expectations.

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Equine

Major medical coverage in the equine insurance market is undergoing meaningful change.

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Farm & Ranch

Farm & Ranch accounts are navigating a persistently firm market as several trends continue to redefine the landscape.

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Excess & Surplus (E&S)

The E&S market heading into 2026 remains moderately hard but is showing early signs of selective softening.

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Life Insurance & Legacy Planning

Underwriting capacity continues to expand, supported by AI, big data and predictive analytics.

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